This is the last cartoon in the Willie Whopper series produced by Iwerks studio. There will be spoilers ahead:
The Willie Whopper series came to a close with this cartoon, the thirteenth one released theatrically and the fourteenth one made. In some ways, it's the antithesis of a Willie Whopper cartoon.
The short begins with Willie and Goofy playing Cowboys and Indians, when they come up to a movie theater and see a figure of Wallace Beery. When Goofy expresses admiration for Beery, that launches Willie into a tall tale about himself in the old West.
The trouble is, given that Willie's stories generally puff him up to be someone special, for most of the cartoon, he comes off as comedy relief rather than as a hero. He's seen playing a harmonica while riding, only to swallow it by accident. One long, bumpy and musically noisy ride later, Willie and his horse arrive at a cantina and Willie goes inside.
Willie's girlfriend, Mary, is a blonde-haired senorita dancing in the cantina. She dances over to the bad guy's table and smacks him when he makes a pass. Willie comes over when Mary cries out, but the harmonica sounds he makes aren't terribly intimidating and the bad guy brushes him off and then starts shooting at Willie, who fares poorly. A gunfight ensues and the bad guy escapes with Mary.
Meanwhile, Willie's horse has been drinking beer from a barrel and is drunk. Willie gives chase, drunk horse and all. there's a nice gag involving a pair of lariats and Mary actually gives the villain more grief than Willie does. There's a good gag with the bad guy's horse and a cliff and then the bad guy reaches his hideout the hard way.
Willie busts into the hideout, but is ineffective and the bad guys laugh at him and he catches the bad guys through sheer coincidence. The last gag is the best gag in the short and I'm a bit surprised it made it past the censors.
This cartoon along with the others in the series, is available on a Blu-Ray/DVD combo from Thunderbean and the set is great.
The Willie Whopper series came to a close with this cartoon, the thirteenth one released theatrically and the fourteenth one made. In some ways, it's the antithesis of a Willie Whopper cartoon.
The short begins with Willie and Goofy playing Cowboys and Indians, when they come up to a movie theater and see a figure of Wallace Beery. When Goofy expresses admiration for Beery, that launches Willie into a tall tale about himself in the old West.
The trouble is, given that Willie's stories generally puff him up to be someone special, for most of the cartoon, he comes off as comedy relief rather than as a hero. He's seen playing a harmonica while riding, only to swallow it by accident. One long, bumpy and musically noisy ride later, Willie and his horse arrive at a cantina and Willie goes inside.
Willie's girlfriend, Mary, is a blonde-haired senorita dancing in the cantina. She dances over to the bad guy's table and smacks him when he makes a pass. Willie comes over when Mary cries out, but the harmonica sounds he makes aren't terribly intimidating and the bad guy brushes him off and then starts shooting at Willie, who fares poorly. A gunfight ensues and the bad guy escapes with Mary.
Meanwhile, Willie's horse has been drinking beer from a barrel and is drunk. Willie gives chase, drunk horse and all. there's a nice gag involving a pair of lariats and Mary actually gives the villain more grief than Willie does. There's a good gag with the bad guy's horse and a cliff and then the bad guy reaches his hideout the hard way.
Willie busts into the hideout, but is ineffective and the bad guys laugh at him and he catches the bad guys through sheer coincidence. The last gag is the best gag in the short and I'm a bit surprised it made it past the censors.
This cartoon along with the others in the series, is available on a Blu-Ray/DVD combo from Thunderbean and the set is great.